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In Which I am Found to be Psychedelic
Dec. 30th, 2006 02:11 amSo, today while playing around with my little handheld black light unit, I discovered that I've got some fluorescent areas on my skin. Seriously. There's an extremely weak, mottled green-white fluorescence, like you'd maybe get from a thin wash of some calcites. Weak as the reaction is, it's nonetheless a bit of a shocker to discover that you've become black light reactive.
My first suspect was my soap (Irish Spring, which lights up like you wouldn't believe under UV) but I couldn't help but think that I'd be itching if I had that much residue carried on my skin, and the glow didn't seem to be water or alcohol soluble either.
Apparently it's a normal reaction to aging, and is caused by collagen and elastin crosslinking. It's interesting that the scar on my leg shows no fluorescence at all, while the callouses on the soles of my feet light up rather noticeably.
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They remodelled the restrooms at work. One of the toilets is much more powerful than the others. When it's flushed, the water swirls so strongly around the bowl that perhaps one time out of three, centrifugal force causes it to slosh over the rim, and get the floor wet. It's not completely repeatable, though, which is curious.
They've also installed these odd little 'screamer' valves on the urinals, like the ones that the MFM hotel had. When they activate, they give off a sound like a faint, distant scream of horror. I suspect it's just water being forced through the valve opening, but the effect is still comical.
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The 1931 'Dracula' was on TV this morning. For whatever reason, they've decided to retroactively add a Philip Glass soundtrack. He did an honest job, and really does try to be faithful to what's being shown on the screen, but overall it tends to jar. It's just not the sort of soundtrack you expect for a 1931 film. It sounds out of place.
Despite that, it remains an engrossing and surprisingly eerie movie 75 years on. I'm bemused by the Possums and Armadillos in the count's castle. I have to assume that they were intended to be Rats, but wouldn't it be simpler to have used real Rats?
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The new DVDs of 'Rudolph' have been vandalized with a song from some stupid pop group that Sony is trying to promote. I need to find a 2000 DVD. I'm seriously growing to hate Sony. I used to bear the company a fair amount of goodwill, even if their products were overpriced. These last five years have just been one annoyance after another, though. It's like they go out of their way to antagonize their customers.
*****
They've replaced the creepy cleaning people at work with a more normal set. They're sullen, and don't do a very good job (ie, regular cleaners) but at least they don't weird me out like the other ones.
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Some local furry kid seems to have met her doom.
My first suspect was my soap (Irish Spring, which lights up like you wouldn't believe under UV) but I couldn't help but think that I'd be itching if I had that much residue carried on my skin, and the glow didn't seem to be water or alcohol soluble either.
Apparently it's a normal reaction to aging, and is caused by collagen and elastin crosslinking. It's interesting that the scar on my leg shows no fluorescence at all, while the callouses on the soles of my feet light up rather noticeably.
*****
They remodelled the restrooms at work. One of the toilets is much more powerful than the others. When it's flushed, the water swirls so strongly around the bowl that perhaps one time out of three, centrifugal force causes it to slosh over the rim, and get the floor wet. It's not completely repeatable, though, which is curious.
They've also installed these odd little 'screamer' valves on the urinals, like the ones that the MFM hotel had. When they activate, they give off a sound like a faint, distant scream of horror. I suspect it's just water being forced through the valve opening, but the effect is still comical.
*****
The 1931 'Dracula' was on TV this morning. For whatever reason, they've decided to retroactively add a Philip Glass soundtrack. He did an honest job, and really does try to be faithful to what's being shown on the screen, but overall it tends to jar. It's just not the sort of soundtrack you expect for a 1931 film. It sounds out of place.
Despite that, it remains an engrossing and surprisingly eerie movie 75 years on. I'm bemused by the Possums and Armadillos in the count's castle. I have to assume that they were intended to be Rats, but wouldn't it be simpler to have used real Rats?
*****
The new DVDs of 'Rudolph' have been vandalized with a song from some stupid pop group that Sony is trying to promote. I need to find a 2000 DVD. I'm seriously growing to hate Sony. I used to bear the company a fair amount of goodwill, even if their products were overpriced. These last five years have just been one annoyance after another, though. It's like they go out of their way to antagonize their customers.
*****
They've replaced the creepy cleaning people at work with a more normal set. They're sullen, and don't do a very good job (ie, regular cleaners) but at least they don't weird me out like the other ones.
*****
Some local furry kid seems to have met her doom.
